Education
Senate Panel Seeks Review of MDCAT Policy and PM&DC Foreign Admission Rules
Pakistan, Turkey sign MoU to boost cooperation in education
In yet another important step for Pak-Turk relations, Pakistan and Turkey on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the promotion of cooperation in…
Student’s education woes just keep on increasing as #online_exams_only trend crosses 40K+ tweets
We have been highlighting certain trends in the past like #FastStopTorturing and #StopTorturingSukkurIBA which later on resulted in the exams being delayed. But it seems…
Airschool announces Live Blogging Masterclass
Airschool has announced an advanced course on planning, launching, and scaling a blog. Featuring tried and tested techniques, templates, and strategies to grow your blog…
DigiSkills.pk receives record 230,000 enrollments in 2.5 days
DigiSkills just received 230,000 enrollments in its 9th batch that opened on 1st January 2021. The enrollments were received in a record 2.5 days with…
#StopTorturingSukkurIBA trends on Twitter as administration announces on-campus exams from 11th January
It seems like universities are intent on following their own schedules for examinations and students aren’t liking it one bit. Just a little while ago…
Shafqat Mehmood disappointed with students’ reaction over school reopening
The government recently announced the decision to reopen all schools in different phases starting from January 18, 2021. The decision met with a fixed response…
Back to school – Govt decides to open educational institutes in phases from January 18
After the meeting of the education ministers in the Inter-Provincial Education Ministers Conference, the Federal Education Minister, Shafqat Mehmood, announced in a press conference that…
2021 will be the year of the Gig Economy
The new year is here and with that comes new year resolutions. While we may have had a rough and tough 2020, it’s important to…
HEC’s World Bank funding to be cancelled if Rs. 2.27b grant not approved
A supplementary grant worth Rs. 2.27 billion has been sought out by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan to avoid the cancellation of financial…
In a first, HEC launches online degree verification and attestation service
In an impactful move for the future of academics and students across the nation, the Higher Education Commission (HEC) has officially initiated online degree attestation…
NUST launches first interdisciplinary education center in Pakistan
The National University of Science and Technology has launched a new, state-of-the-art facility called the NUST Interdisciplinary Cluster for Higher Education, aka NICHE. The facility,…
Back to school? PEIRA lets schools without online facilities call students once a week
The Private Educational Institutions Regulatory Authority (PEIRA) has allowed schools that do not have online teaching facilities to call their students on campus once a…











